Carter Robert Pte 4454441
Personnel Entry
Name Carter Robert
Army number 4454441
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At the time of his death) Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet, but his number suggests early 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 12/4/1941 (to be confirmed). Repatriated to nthe UK. Posted ? Bn Black Watch. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 1/12/45.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag 20B, PoW Number 16621.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not known.
Home address 7, Wharton St. Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
